Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Denial is not a river in Africa

How active are jihadists born or resident in Germany? A new article by John Rosenthal recounts the media coverage (or lack thereof) of German-born suicide bombers in Afghanistan and elsewhere. Both German and US media downplay this threat; the German press even appears on occasion to have forgotten that key players in the 9/11 attacks lived in Germany.

However, a recent opinion poll in Germany produced a very different result: some 74% of respondents saw Germany as a hotbed of Islamic radicalism, while 15% said that terrorism in Germany was no worse than anywhere else.

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